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Canonically

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ca·non·i·cal  (k-nn-kl) also ca·non·ic (-k)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or required by canon law.
2. Of or appearing in the biblical canon.
3. Conforming to orthodox or well-established rules or patterns, as of procedure.
4. Of or belonging to a cathedral chapter.
5. Of or relating to a literary canon: a canonical writer like Keats.
6. Music Having the form of a canon.

ca·noni·cal·ly adv.
canon·ici·ty (kn-ns-t) n.
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Adv.1.canonically - in a canonical manner; "the deacon was canonically inducted"


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Behind this lightsome couple, so close to the Maypole that its boughs shaded his jovial face, stood the figure of an English priest, canonically dressed, yet decked with flowers, in heathen fashion, and wearing a chaplet of the native vine leaves.
 
 
 
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